Thank you Jim. Very useful HOWTOs. My 2010-mid MBP should be a good choice. Unluckily, the undetectable BlSOD troubles me. Apple's fault. I have to work in a virtual machine since only Windows is able to recover from black screen.
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Jim Klimov <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013-10-24 10:58, WarGrey Gyoudmon Ju wrote: > >> I want to buy a new laptop for Openindiana. >> What's the official suggestions? >> Are those in the list with blank 'notes' okay? >> http://wiki.openindiana.org/**oi/Laptops+and+Netbooks<http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Laptops+and+Netbooks> >> > > From my general experience (though mostly "burnt fingers") and vague > knowledge from list-reading, I think the currently suggested rigs > should involve: > 1) Ability to test in-shop or return due to incompatibility with your > software. Many sales points don't allow that - are not required to, > but some do. Risk of incompatibility is high, so you might want to > take precautions or even overpay a bit for that (i.e. two weeks for > the returns no-questions-asked). > 2) KVM virtualization - IIRC it is officially done for Intel CPUs with > VT-D, and an experimental branch is worked on for equivalent AMDs. > So if interested in KVM, you'd prefer intel now :) VirtualBox should > be fine on both (my AMD E2 works ok). > 3) WiFi - some NICs are supported better than others (i.e. have native > illumos drivers, have sleep/wakeup for hibernation, support WEP/WPA), > so you might lean towards Intel ones which are mostly supported well, > though there are half a dozen drivers in the tree for various models. > 4) Somewhat likewise for Ethernet NICs, though the Free NIC Drivers > project can help here: > http://homepage2.nifty.com/**mrym3/taiyodo/eng/<http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/> > > 5) Don't expect USB3 out of the box right now, might not work even to > power up a mouse or cell phone. Maybe some drivers will be made and > published soon, but for now - make sure at least some USB2 ports are > available on the laptop. > 6) Audio may work, may be quiet, and there may be a mixup between for > example a MoBo audio chip and a videocard's HDMI audio support. > In my case both were driven by "audiohd" driver, and I needed to > rename some device files in order to have the physical audio be > the default output. > 7) Video support - AFAIK certain NVidia chips have binary drivers for > Solaris which work in illumos. Maybe also Intel. My AMD E2 Radeon > (built-in to the CPU, er, "APU") works only as a VESA adapter and > does not support hibernation in OI, for example. > 8) CDROM is not strictly required, but in my case lack of one caused > me to install the system using the HDD in legacy IDE mode. > When I boot off an USB LiveMedia, my "SCSI" (SATA/USB) devices have > different naming/ordering than when I boot off the SATA-mode HDD, > so my SATA rpool can not be imported. > 9) Some advanced laptops include an ability to drive 2 or 3 storage > devices, such as 2 HDDs and an mSATA SSD. For performance work and > safe storage, you might want that (i.e. OS and cache on SSD, and > mirrored HDDs for bulk data). RAM depends on you usage, 8Gb suffices > for me including 1-2 VMs for some tests; though perhaps more complex > "labs" of VMs and zones might need more. Some laptops allow 32Gb... > 10) And as usual with the laptops, make sure the KBD and screen are > convenient for you. You don't want to save money on health :) > Probably you'd want a 15"+ laptop with proper full-sized keyboard > and preferably good resolution (at least 1920*1080). > In particular, my Lenovo TP E335 lacks the "numeric keyboard" and > its associated arrow keys completely, which is sometimes important, > as well as any kbd LEDs and some advanced keys like Pause/Break - > this is not always convenient for coding/debugging ;) > > HTH, > //Jim Klimov > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > oi-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/**mailman/listinfo/oi-dev<http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev> >
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